This paper has examined the extent to which addressing the issue of digital divide can enhance teaching and learning in order to produce the human capital required to support the development agenda of the east coast economic region (ECER). This region consists of three relatively lessdeveloped states and a district in Malaysia (i.e., Kelantan, Paha

As the demands in wound care have increased, it is imperative to quickly address this issue at hand. Melastoma malabathricum has been claimed to have astounding treatment in wound repair. This study aims to determine its wound healing potentials by assessing and comparing the rate of proliferation of fibroblasts, before and after, treatment of M. m

NAFadzidah Binti Abdullah Department of Architecture, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia Phone: 6196 264 , Fax: 6196 4864, E -mail: fadzidah@iium.edu.my Poster ID: 1067 LOSING INTEREST OF MINANGKABAU ARCHITECTURE IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2012

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This research paper discusses the origins and historical development of water supply between Johor and Singapore from 1904 to 1941. It reveals events that preceded the formative stage of the water-supply scheme, analyses the 1927 water agreements and their implications, and examines the dynamics of water supply to Singapore before the Second World

One of the causes of the 2007 U.S. sub-prime crisis in 2007 is the use of traditional debt financing whereby the bank does not take risk of owning the property. Furthermore, the bank does not share its profit with customer and monthly instalment is pegged against market interest rate. This paper will initially examine salient issues (e.g. interest

Over the years, the scenario of the construction industry has become more challenging since the development of the rapid growth of this sector. In relation to that, safety issues have become a center of attraction in the construction industry. This paper reviews the safety practices at construction sites. Based on the review, there are ten safety p

The aim of this paper is to measure the efficiency of zakat institutions in Malaysia during the period of 2003 to 2007. Using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique, the results show that zakat institutions have exhibited mean technical efficiency of 80.6%. The results also suggest that pure technical inefficiency dominates the scale inefficie

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is increasingly being diagnosed in children. However, there is no prevalence study done in Malaysia. The study objective was to evaluate the prevalence of SDB symptoms based on parental reports and associated risk factors among Malay school children aged 6 to 10 years old in a primary school using a translated Unive

This paper reported on properties of sago starch that was compounded with montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclay to form biodegradable composites film. The film was fabricated via film casting method with glycerol as a plasticizer. The investigated biocomposites film was prepared at starch-glycerol/MMT weight fraction of 90/10, 85/15, 80/20 and 75/25. The